Ole Miss frat brothers brought guns to an Emmett Till memorial. They're not the first.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

For more than 50 years, nothing marked the remote spot in northwest Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till’s body was pulled from the Tallahatchie River in 1955, after he was dragged from a relative’s home in the middle of the night and brutally lynched. So when a historical marker was placed there in 2007, as part of an effort to commemorate Till’s life and the way his murder became a catalyzing moment in the civil rights movement, it was seen as a sign of progress.

Then, people started showing up with weapons.

On Thursday, which would have been Till’s 78th birthday, a photograph circulated around the Internet, drawing outrage. It showed three white University of Mississippi fraternity brothers smiling as they posed in front of the sign with a shotgun and an AR-15. Originally posted on a private Instagram account, where it received 274 likes before being removed, it was made public by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica.

The students have now been suspended from their fraternity and potentially face a civil rights investigation from the Justice Department, but they were not disciplined by Ole Miss because the incident took place off campus and did not violate the university’s code of conduct, the outlets reported.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ole-miss-frat-brothers-brought-guns-to-an-emmett-till-memorial-they-re-not-the-first/ar-AAETn0R

[raging moderate]

1. '

No words.

[uponit7771]

2. "and did not violate the university's code of conduct"...wow Ole Miss. I hope I'm reading this wrong

[Sgent]

3. Its probably true

but not for the reason you think.

Public universities have run into repeated 1st Amendment issues when trying to regulate off campus speech -- I know UM has lost at least two or three cases at the 5th circuit court of appeals.

[Hoyt]

4. Throw the ignorant white wing racists out of school, although I doubt Ole Miss really cares.

It's probably quite common there.

[gratuitous]

5. I'll go out on a limb

And surmise that people who enjoy shooting up the Emmett Till memorial are the same people who get apoplectic whenever an idol of the traitorous confederacy is besmirched.